Early voting bill passes in SC Senate after last minute challenges (AUDIO)

An early voting bill passed the Senate in a key procedural vote Thursday.

GOP Senate scrum over whether to end Bright’s filibuster of early voting bill.

After a three-year effort, senators passed a bill on second reading that sets a ten-day period for early voting prior to general elections. Early voting would stop three days prior to regular voting. The bill keeps the current absentee voting procedures unchanged.

Before it passed, the measure faced a filibuster from Sen. Lee Bright (Spartanburg) who wanted to add a separate registration for early voters.